a few weeks ago...

[badpickev]

i promised baseball pics with the S3 and sigma 120-300 f2.8

[spystyle]

Sweet! What settings did you use?

[heartseye]

Great sports shots......Settings? Who cares....just enjoy the photography.....

[spystyle]

Originally Posted by heartseye

Great sports shots......Settings? Who cares....just enjoy the photography.....

I care, I am here to study photography.

[heartseye]

Originally Posted by spystyle

I care, I am here to study photography.

Then study images. What can you possibly gain by knowing the "settings" in images like these?
Let me put it this way.......if you had his camera set to his settings.....would your images then look like his images? Think about it......cheers, Bob

[spystyle]

I'll give you "beating a dead horse" karma

Are you so elite that you feel inclined to discourage new and inquisitive photographers?

Cheers,
Craig

[peterst6906]

What Bob is saying spy is that there is a lot more you can get out of these images than simply the settings; and by looking at the images, you can work out a rough guide on the settings anyway.

These shots are great because they all capture the action right at the decisive moment. They are good examples of the principle of releasing the shutter at the right moment. That alone makes the shots powerful and even if there were technical issues with the images, the message would still be strong.

However, in relation to settings, it's fairly clear that the aperture was fairly open, because the DOF is relatively shallow, especially considering the distance from the camera to subject. So these were probably shot in the range between f/2.8 - f/4 (maybe f/5.6), but no longer than that. The shallow depth of field has really helped to isolate the subject, but in a couple, the out of focus background adds even more to the shot and the lens has produced very pleasing bokeh.

Very nice images.

Regards,

Peter

[heartseye]

Peter: Thanks....I was a bit short....

Craig: I'm off to have a dead horse sandwich now.....cheers, really....., Bob

[00silvergt]

Looks great! All nice to freeze the action.

[badpickev]

this was the S3 iso 200 F4 at 300mm. i chose to up the iso from 100 to 200 as a slight dof adjustment. the F4 was enough to keep the subject isolated from background (ie picture and 1st baseman). i was going for just enough to notice, not enough to distract.

i think i got it right, its hard is the florida sun

i should ad these were shot in wide DR raw

[spystyle]

Thanks

and keep up the stellar work

[R. House]

Spystyle, I have Opanda software downloaded (free) and am able to read the EXIF data by right clicking on the photos. (Thanks to badpickev for leaving it attached).

[Raist3d]

I actually like the first shot. The composition with the circles is interesting and the impossibly twisted arm makes me hurt just looking at it.

And if I may add, those shots beat the hell out of those buildings at night that you were doing for a while. I mean that as a compliment with a side-recommendation

Thanks for posting them.

- Raist

[badpickev]

thanks for the comments raist